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Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 21-03-2010
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YouTube - Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James & The Shondells
from wikipedia
"Crystal Blue Persuasion" is a song originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells and composed by Eddie Gray, Tommy James and Mike Vale.
A gentle-tempoed groove, "Crystal Blue Persuasion" was built around a prominent organ part with an understated arrangement, more akin to The Rascals' sound at the time rather than James's other efforts of the time with psychedelic rock.
It also included a melodic passages for an acoustic guitar, as well as a bass pattern, played between the bridge, and the third verse of the song.
The title of the song came to James while he was reading The Bible's Book of Revelation, according to James in a 1985 interview in Hitch magazine:
I took the title from the Book of Revelations[sic] in the Bible, reading about the New Jerusalem. The words jumped out at me, and they're not together; they're spread out over three or four verses. But it seemed to go together, it's my favorite of all my songs and one of our most requested.
However, according to James's manager, James was actually inspired by his reading of the Book of Ezekiel where it speaks of the Blue Shekinah Light which represented the presence of the Almighty God and the Books of Isaiah and Revelation where it speaks of a bright future of a brotherhood of mankind living in peace and harmony.
Many listeners thought "Crystal Blue Persuasion" was a drug song advocating the use of "crystal meth" (Methamphetamine). In 1979, noted music writer Dave Marsh described it as "a transparent allegory about James' involvement with amphetamines." However, it should be noted that until the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, most illicit amphetamine use involved the more readily available pharmaceutical grade pill form rather than the then-rare "crystal meth" form. It was after the pill form became harder to obtain on the street due to the CSA that "crystal meth" rose in popularity. Thus it is unlikely that "Crystal Blue Persuasion", being written before 1970, would refer to "crystal meth".
When released as a single in June 1969, "Crystal Blue Persuasion" became one of the biggest hits for the group, peaking at number two on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. The single version differs from the album version of the song, with horn overdubs added to the mix and a longer bongos overdub before the third verse.
A primitive non-representational music video was made, that showed various scenes of late 1960s political and cultural unrest and desire for love and peace.
Look over yonder what do you see
The sun is a-risin' most definitely
A new day is comin' people are changin'
Ain't it beautiful crystal blue persuasion
Better get ready gonna see the light
Love, love is the answer and that's all right
So don't you give up now so easy to find
Just look to your soul and open your mind
Crystal blue persuasion, mm-hmm
It's a new vibration
Crystal blue persuasion, crystal
Blue persuasion
Maybe tomorrow when He looks down
Every green field and every town
All of his children every nation
There'll be peace and good brotherhood
Crystal blue persuasion
Crystal blue persuasion
Songs People Should Hear - gryphon - 21-03-2010
In post Beatle history, people would always say that John Lennon was the political voice...................However, in the early seventies, it was Paul who managed to get himself in hot water politically........................In the space of two years Paul got himself banned from the British charts twice.
The first was Hi Hi Hi for inappropriate use of language( In fact, it was something that he did not write that got this banned .................The lyrics runs " Lie on the bed and get ready for my polygon" however the BBC insisted it was not polygon
but " body gun!"
However, for time two, Paul hit the heart of the British government .................With his song ........Give Ireland Back To the Irish...................Not only was it banned, but I am sure that it was completely purged from all shops and warehouses...........I was an avid collector of Apple records in the seventies and I have rarely seen and English Apple records copy of this track.................In the end, I had to settle for a US copy......................However, upon playing the flip I found a rare Macca instrumental version of the song that I feel people should hear
YouTube - Paul McCartney - Give Ireland Back To The Irish (non vocal version)
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 22-03-2010
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YouTube - The Soul Survivors - Expressway to Your Heart
from song facts
This was the first hit record written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who helped create the Philadelphia Soul sound with songs like "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)," which were released on their Philadelphia International label. Gamble and Huff are from Camden, New Jersey, which is just east of Philadelphia, and often took the Schuylkill Expressway, which is the "Expressway To Your Heart." Gamble wrote the lyrics, and he explained to National Public Radio: "I was on my way over to see a young lady, and the expressway was backed up. This is when they just started the expressway in 1967 - I was sitting there for what seemed like hours, so I started beating on the dashboard and singing, 'Expressway to your heart, trying to get to you.' Songs come from your imagination. You have to be quick to capture the moment."
This song starts with the sound of car horns, which came from records containing sound effects. The horns were inspired by the Lovin' Spoonful song "Summer In The City," which also used the effect.
Gamble and Huff reused the lyrics "Shower you with love and affection, now you won't look in my direction" on the song I'm Gonna Make You Love Me, which contains the line, "I'm gonna shower you with love and affection, look out, it's comin' in your direction."
The Soul Survivors were a white group from New York City. They had one more Top 40 hit: "Explosion (In My Soul)."
from wikipedia
The Soul Survivors were a Philadelphia R&B group, known for their 1967 hit single, "Expressway to Your Heart"; which was the first hit by Philadelphia soul record producers and songwriters, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Soul Survivors first played together in New York under the name The Dedications, releasing several singles under this name in 1962 and 1964. They adopted the name Soul Survivors in 1965. They signed to Philadelphia label Crimson Records, who put them in touch with Gamble & Huff. Interestingly the brothers were white. "Expressway to Your Heart" was a #1 hit regionally in Philadelphia and New York in the spring of 1967, and the tune reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 nationally. "Expressway to Your Heart" spent 15 weeks in the charts and sold over one million copies.[1]
The follow-up was "Explosion in Your Soul", which was not as successful (U.S. #33); a third release, "Impossible Mission", also was a minor hit in 1969 (U.S.#68). They quit playing for a few years, but re-formed with a different lineup in 1972. They had one more hit in 1974. As of 2006, the original Soul Survivors (the Ingui brothers Richie and Charlie) are still going strong with a new band, and are playing dates throughout the Eastern United States.
Chuck Trois also went on to release a solo 45 rpm single on A&M Records in August 1969, with "Mr. Holmes" on one side, and "A National Band" on the other.
I been trying to get to you for a long time.
'Cause constantly you been on my mind.
I was thinkin' about a short cut I could take.
But it seems like I made a mistake.
Well, I was wrong.
Ooo, took too long.
I got caught in the rush hour.
An' fellows started to shower
You with love and affection.
Now you won't look at my direction.
On the expressway to your heart.
That expressway's not the best way.
At five o'clock,
It's much too crowded. (Too crowded.)
No, it's much too crowded. (Too crowded.)
So-oh crowded. (Too crowded.)
It's much too crowded, oh yeah. (Crowded.)
So, so, so crowded. (Ohhh, too crowded.)
a-There's too many ahead of me,
They all try to get in front of me.
I thought that I could drive a clear road ahead,
But I found stoplights instead.
I was wrong.
Babe, it took too long.
I got caught in the rush hour.
An' fellows started to shower
You with love and affection.
C'mon look at my direction.
On the expressway to your heart.
That expressway's not the best way.
At five o'clock,
It's much too crowded. (Too crowded.)
Much too crowded. (Too crowded.)
So-oh crowded. (Too crowded.)
So move me, oh yeah. (Crowded.)
Ohhh, so crowded...
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 23-03-2010
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YouTube - Game of Love
from wikipedia
"Game of Love" is a song by Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders that reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the UK Singles Chart in 1965.
It was later covered in 1987 by New Zealand musician Ian Morris, under the stage name Tex Pistol.
Wayne Fontana (born Glyn Ellis on 28 October 1945, Manchester, Lancashire), is a singer. In 1962, he formed his group Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and got a recording contract.
He was still under contract to Fontana Records after parting with The Mindbenders. (Fontana got his stage name from Elvis Presley's drummer D. J. Fontana, not from his record company.) He soldiered on alone, using musicians under the name of the Opposition. Notably, Frank Renshaw (lead guitar) (born 22 June 1943, in Wythenshawe, Manchester) (now living in the Canary Islands), Bernie Burns (drums), Roy 'Rossi' Henshall (bass) (also now Canary Islands based), Rod Gerrard (guitar, ex Herman's Hermits - now in America) and Phil Keane (drums) amongst others. Sometimes they were billed as the Mindbenders, or just as the Wayne Fontana band. Fontana's most successful solo single release was also his last, "Pamela, Pamela", which reached Number 11 in the UK Singles Chart early in 1967.
In 2005, he fought off bankruptcy, but was arrested after police were called by bailiffs who went to his home in Glossop, Derbyshire. He poured petrol on to the bonnet of a car, and set it alight with a bailiff inside. Fontana was remanded in custody on 25 May 2007 in regard to the charge. He appeared at Derby Crown Court dressed as the lady of justice, with a sword, scales, crown, cape and dark glasses, claiming "justice is blind". He dismissed his lawyers. On 10 November 2007, he was sentenced to 11 months for setting fire to the car but was released because he had already served the equivalent of the term, held under the Mental Health Act 1983.
He continues to perform, notably in the 2008 Solid Silver Sixties Tour, where his combination of comedy and hit songs is very successful.
The purpose of a man is to love a woman,
And the purpose of a woman is to love a man,
So come on baby let's start today, come on baby let's play
The game of love, love, la la la la la love
It started long ago in the Garden of Eden
When Adam said to Eve, baby, you're for me
So come on baby let's start today, come on baby let's play
The game of love, love, la la la la la love
Come on baby 'cause the time is right
Love your daddy with all your might
Put your arms around me, hold me tight
Play the game of love
The purpose of a man is to love a woman,
And the purpose of a woman is to love a man,
So come on baby let's start today, come on baby let's play
The game of love, love, la la la la la love
Come on baby 'cause the time is right
Love your daddy with all your might
Put your arms around me, hold me tight
Play the game of love
The purpose of a man is to love a woman,
And the purpose of a woman is to love a man,
So come on baby let's start today, come on baby let's play
The game of love, love, la la la la la love
The game of love baby
The game of la la la la love
The game of love baby
The game of la la la la love
Songs People Should Hear - carbon_psycho - 23-03-2010
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 24-03-2010
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YouTube - THE TROGGS - WILD THING 1966 (Audio Enhanced)
from wikipedia
"Wild Thing" is a hit song written by New York City-born songwriter Chip Taylor and originally recorded by The Wild Ones in 1965. The song is best known for its 1966 cover by the English band The Troggs, which reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1966. The song charted one position lower in Britain, reaching #2.
The song as sung by The Troggs is ranked #257 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The Troggs version was recorded in mono in one piece on the second take at Olympic Studios which was then at Carton Street, off Baker Street in London, by engineer Keith Grant.
Because of a distribution dispute, the Troggs single was available on two competing labels: Atco and Fontana. Because both pressings were taken from the identical master recording, Billboard combined the sales for both releases, making it the only single to simultaneously reach #1 for two companies
The 1989 baseball film Major League used "Wild Thing" recorded by L.A. punk band X as the theme song for Rick Vaughn, the team's erratic relief pitcher. Life soon imitated art, when the Philadelphia Phillies closer Mitch Williams adopted the song for his entrances from the bullpen, including in the 1993 World Series. During the late 2000s, the song is played at Fenway Park whenever Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon comes in from the bullpen, followed by "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" by the Dropkick Murphy's.
In 1992, the Troggs' version was used in the film D2: The Mighty Ducks. That same year a version by Cheap Trick was used for the film Encino Man. In 2003, Aerosmith recorded a version of the song with a video, which was used for commercials and teasers advertising ABC's coverage of the NFL Wild Card playoffs.
In the UK the song was used heavily by television programme "You've Been Framed", for clips generally involving animals.
Japanese Pro Wrestler Atsushi Onita used the X cover of the song as his entrance theme.
The song was featured in a prominent scene in the 1997 miniseries Painted Lady featuring Helen Mirren.
In 1998, the song was used in The Vicar of Dibley episode Love and Marriage - the choir at St. Barnabus' Church sang the song after Hugo and Alice made their vows and were pronounced man and wife.
In the Full House episode, "Just Say No Way," Jesse Katsopalis plays this song with the marching band at DJ's school dance (replacing Dogface, a popular high school band, who broke up hours beforehand).
An inversion of this song's title became the title of Something Wild (1986 film). The film features a scene where the hero & heroine pick up some hitch-hikers in their convertible; and the party then sing "Wild Thing". Regrettably, this cover is not included on the soundtrack CD; nor are the two songs played at the high-school reunion by the band, The Feelies, (The Monkees' I'm a Believer, and Fame (David Bowie song)).
Wild thing...you make my heart sing...
You make everything
Groovy
I said wild thing...
Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
Come on, hold me tight
I love you
Wild thing...you make my heart sing...
You make everything
Groovy
I said wild thing...
Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on, hold me tight
You move me
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 25-03-2010
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YouTube - Lesley Gore - It's My Party (1965)
from wikipedia
"It's My Party" is a song most famously sung by American singer Lesley Gore in 1963. This song hit #1 on the pop and rhythm and blues charts in the United States. "It's My Party", peaked at #9 in the United Kingdom, becoming Gore's only major hit there. It was the first hit single for producer Quincy Jones.
The song lyrically portrays the discomfiture of a teenage girl at her birthday party when her boyfriend disappears only to surface in the company of another girl who's "wearing his ring" to indicate she's replaced the birthday girl as his love interest.
The song's chorus, "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to... You would cry too if it happened to you," became a part of American pop cultural language as a phrase used to describe being utterly humiliated and miserable during an event that is supposed to be a happy occasion.
"It's My Party" was written in 1962 by John Gluck, Wally Gold and Herb Weiner who were staff writers employed at the Aaron Schroeder Music firm. The demo for the song was cut by Barbara Jean English a girl group veteran (the Clickettes, the Fashions) who was then working as both a receptionist at the firm and, with Jimmy Radcliffe, serving as its in-house demo singer; Radcliffe produced the demo and according to English "tried to persuade Musicor [the label owned by Aaron Schroeder] to release it as a record, or to take me into a master studio and redo it, but they weren't interested."
The first recording of the song was by Helen Shapiro for her Helen in Nashville album recorded in February of 1963 with Shapiro's regular producer Norrie Paramor and also Al Kasha. Shapiro would recall: "Right from the first time we heard the song on the rough demo back in London, we thought we were going to sock them between the eyes with that one"; however Shapiro's version was not one of the cuts chosen as an advance single from the album and by the time of the album's release that October the "It's My Party" track was perceived as a cover of Lesley Gore's hit.
Lesley Gore recalls that "It's My Party" was among some two hundred demos producer Quincy Jones brought to review with her in the den of her family home in February of 1963. On hearing "It's My Party" Gore told Jones: "That's not half bad. I like it. Good melody. Let's put it on the maybe pile." The song proved to be the only demo Gore and Jones found agreeable. With Jones producing and Claus Ogerman handling arranging and conducting duties, Gore recorded "It's My Party" at Bell Sound Studios in Manhattan on 30 March 1963.
In March of 1963 that Phil Spector heard the demo of "It's My Party" while visiting Aaron Schroeder's office. Wally Gold would recall: "He [Spector] said, 'Great, I love it. Iâm gonna do it with the Crystals.' We [the song's writers] were really excited, because that would ensure that the record was #l!"
Schroeder apparently only learned of the Lesley Gore recording of "It's My Party" when Quincy Jones invited him to hear the completed track, which Schroeder found formulaic; believing that Spector would be able to cut a much stronger version of the song with the Crystals and not wanting to lose Spector's goodwill, Schroeder attempted to convince Jones to suppress the track. Schroeder didn't mention Spector's version to Jones but Jones and Spector both happened to attend a concert at Carnegie Hall on the evening of 30 March 1963 and when they met outside it came up in conversation that Spector had recorded a version of "It's My Party" with the Crystals.1 Jones skipped the concert instead spending that night - a Saturday - at Bell Sound Studios making a test pressing of the track comprising one hundred copies which over the next two days Jones mailed out to radio programmers in key markets across the US. Gore heard her record played on the radio for the first time that Friday; the official release of "It's My Party" came later in the month with the disc ascending to #1 nationally in four weeks.[5] [6] Jones was abroad at the time of "It's My Party"'s release; on his return he expressed dismay when Aaron Schroeder advised him that the rush release of "It's My Party" had precluded coining a more pleasant name for the singer than "Lesley Gore" to which Schroeder replied: "Didn't anybody tell you?...Quince, the record's number one. Do you really give a damn what her last name is?"
Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone
Judy left the same time
Why was he holding her hand
When he's supposed to be mine
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you
Playin' my records, keep dancin' all night
Leave me alone for a while
'Till Johnny's dancin' with me
I've got no reason to smile
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you
Judy and Johnny just walked through the door
Like a queen with her king
Oh what a birthday surprise
Judy's wearin' his ring
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you
Songs People Should Hear - gryphon - 25-03-2010
This band existed in many guises and not one of them gave the breakthrough that they richly deserved......Operating from around 1966-1970 their record label tried everything they knew to get the breakthrough but, it would just not happen
They left in their wake some excellent tracks and albums ( including some great BBC session work) ...................
Finally in 1970 a last attempt was made to produce a hit single and Bordeaux Rose was the result
YouTube - Fairfield Parlour - Bordeaux Rose (1970)
Unfortunately this whimsical track was not in touch with the tends in the UK charts and so bombed leaving a rather sad end to an excellent promise.
Strangely this track reappeared years later
YouTube - Fairfield Parlour - Bordeaux Rose (Alternate Version)
However, this version is something of a mystery ...it is clearly not of the time period of the earlier track ( Witness the keyboard sound that is much later than 1970)
Towards the end of the track the singer forgets the lyrics and quickly ad-libs in French????? ( Not often are English singers so bilingual that they ad lib in French)
The local line up includes a female voice , but it was an all male band .
The re-issue label Repertoire ( Who are usually very good at getting the details of the re issues spot on ) claim this version was reissued in Prism records ( However I owned a Prism copy of this song and it was version 1 not this version )
There is something odd here an mystery to be unraveled one day
However all this detracts from the issue
The single carried an excellent B side also :
YouTube - Fairfield Parlour - Baby Stay For Tonight
One day I guess the real story will emerge...................Until it does we have a window onto an excellent psychedelic UK band of he sixties
Songs People Should Hear - Music Head - 26-03-2010
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YouTube - The Mindbenders-Groovy Kind of Love
from wikipedia
"A Groovy Kind of Love" is a pop song written by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager for the Screen Gems music publishing company. It is heavily based on the Rondo movement of Sonatina in G major, op. 36 no. 5 by Muzio Clementi. The song was released first by Diane & Annita in 1965, and several covers have since appeared on worldwide music charts.
The song title was an early use of the then-new slang word "groovy". Wine, who was 17 years old when the song was written, says, "Carole came up with "Groovy kinda⦠groovy kinda⦠groovyâ¦" and we're all just saying, "Kinda groovy, kinda groovy, kindaâ¦" and I don't exactly know who came up with "Love," but it was "Groovy kind of love." And we did it. We wrote it in 20 minutes. It was amazing. Just flew out of our mouths, and at the piano, it was a real quick and easy song to write.
The Mindbenders released a 1965 cover which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart. The song was the only solo hit for Les Gray (lead vocalist with Mud); his version made it to #34 in the UK in 1977.[2] Phil Collins released a 1988 version which hit #1 in both the U.S. and UK charts.
Jack McGraw, who ran the London Screen Gems offices, thought the Wine/Bayer Sager song was a perfect match for the new group The Mindbenders, who recorded their cover of "A Groovy Kind of Love" in 1965. They liked the result so much that they named their first album A Groovy Kind of Love and released the song to radio as their debut single. It soon reached number two in the UK, and did the same in the United States when it was released there a year later.
The Mindbenders (originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana) was a 1960s beat group from Manchester, England. They were part of the mid 1960s British Invasion with their chart-toppers "Game of Love" and "A Groovy Kind of Love".
Wayne Fontana founded the band in 1963 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart. The group was later joined by Grahame Foote. The name of the group was inspired by the title of a 1963 film, starring the British actor Sir Dirk Bogarde, called The Mind Benders. They released a few unsuccessful singles before recording "Um Um Um Um Um Um" in 1964, which was a major hit in Britain and led to a tour with Brenda Lee. They also had a number one hit in the United States with "Game of Love".
After a tour of America and some more unsuccessful singles, Fontana abruptly left the band in the middle of a concert in 1965. Guitarist Eric Stewart suddenly became the lead singer of the band, which immediately dropped "Wayne Fontana" from its name.
The Mindbenders' first single without Fontana was the hit "Groovy Kind of Love" (a Carole Bayer Sager / Toni Wine composition). The song reached number two in the US, and sold one million copies globally. It was successfully revived by Phil Collins in the 1980s. The album of the same name, however, was a failure, as were their other singles and later albums.
A second song by Bayer and Wine, "Ashes to Ashes," did reach number 14 in the UK Singles Chart, after an earlier effort in 1966, "Can't Live With You (Can't Live Without You)" had struggled to break the Top 30. The Mindbenders made their final American tour in July 1966, kicking off in Atlanta, Georgia on Independence Day, in front of a capacity 25,000 crowd, but they were only the support act. James Brown was the headliner and, while Eric Stewart remembered, "we went down quite well," a more memorable show came when the Mindbenders played the Fillmore West later in the tour. "The liquid light show was great and really worked with our act, which was a lot heavier than on our records".
By this time Eric Stewart had developed into a strong songwriter in his own right, contributing one song ("My New Day and Age") to Family, but for singles the Mindbenders continued looking outside for new material. Their next project was a concept album, several months before Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, S.F. Sorrow and Tommy were issued. The Mindbenders release With Woman in Mind contained "I Want Her, She Wants Me", "Ashes to Ashes" plus the lascivious "Schoolgirl"; but unreleased in the US, it did little sales anywhere else and disappeared as quickly as the accompanying single, another Bayer/Wine composition, "We'll Talk About It Tomorrow".
They appeared in the Sidney Poitier movie, To Sir, with Love and were also on the soundtrack with the songs "Off and Running" and "It's Getting Harder All the Time". This major exposure did not break the group's run of bad luck and neither could an infusion of new blood, after drummer Ric Rothwell quit to be replaced by Paul Hancox. By the end of that year, the Mindbenders released their cover version of "The Letter" which fell short at number 42, whilst The Box Tops original soared into the UK Top 10. A couple more flops followed and in March 1968, Bob Lang quit and was replaced by Graham Gouldman, in which form the band cut one final single "Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man".
The Mindbenders then broke up for good at the Liverpool Empire on 20 November 1968, the last night of a UK tour with The Who, Arthur Brown and Joe Cocker. Stewart and Gouldman went on to form Hotlegs and, much more significantly, the band 10cc.
Bob Lang later joined another rock music outfit, Racing Cars. They had one hit single, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", which reached Number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.
In the 1970s, Grahame Foote joined the nostalgia group, 'Herman's Hermits starring Barry Whitwam'.
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing near my ear
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
Anytime you want to you can turn me onto
Anything you want to, anytime at all
When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love, oh
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter, I don't care
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love, oh
We got a groovy kind of love
Songs People Should Hear - shadowmac - 26-03-2010
[quote=Music Head]
YouTube - Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James & The Shondells
I'd have to add "Draggin' the Line". The vocal build up from one voice to two voices to three voices during each verse is a device that is still used in music today - and still works.
My contribution to the original post is (not suprisingly) a hard rock song:
SAVATAGE - "Chance"
YouTube - Savatage - Chance
A great and ambitious song that transitions through numerous movements remeniscient of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
If you enjoy the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas albums, you will likely enjoy this song as Savatage and TSO have many things in common - including members.
Oh...
A second one came to mind as I typed the above. This one is a cover of "Scarborough Fair" by the prog-rock band QUEENSRYCHE and is my favorite cover of all-time. WOW! What a singer!
YouTube - Queensrÿche - Scarborough Fair
A couple of trivia notes: Simon and Garfunkle did NOT write this song - it is waaay older than they are. Geoffe Tate, lead vocalist of Queensryche, was in the Guinness Book of Records briefly for having the largest vocal range.
3 other "Must Hear" songs
All three are Mannfred Mann's Earth Band covers of Bruce Springsteen songs:
"For You'
"Spirit in the Night"
"Blinded by the Light"
Mann took these songs and changed them up dramatically; I prefer them above Springsteen's versions by leaps and bounds. These are the songs that made me believe that Bruce was a quality song writer.
Mac